lampoon

1. 1.

   ridicule with satire

   “The writer satirized the politician's proposal”

   Synonymssatirizesatirise

   Broaderridicule

Other forms of lampoon

plural

lampoons·

past tense

lampooned·

present participle

lampooning·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lampoon

What does lampoon mean?

lampoon means "a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lampoon?

lampoon has 2 syllables: lam-poon. The stress falls on "poon". In IPA it is /læmˈpun/.

What is another word for lampoon?

Close synonyms include parody, spoof, sendup, send-up, mockery. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lampoon a common word?

lampoon is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with lampoon?

2 words rhyme with lampoon. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.